Rachel (Stockley) Donelson (1715 - 1794)

Born 1715 in Accomack County, Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1794 at about age 79 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

Rachel was born about 1715 and is the daughter of Alexander Stockley and Ann Stockley.

Wife of Colonel John Donelson co-founder of Nashville

Headstone Front inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ RACHEL STOCKLEY DONELSON WHO LIES HERE/ BORN IN VA 1715 DIED 1794/ AND HER HUSBAND COL. JOHN DONELSON BORN IN VA 1718/ KILLED BY INDIANS IN KENTUCKY 1785/ ERECTED BY THEIR DESCENDANTS AND/ RACHEL STOCKLEY DONELSON CHAPTER D.A.R./ HER CHILDREN RISE UP AND CALL HER BLESSED/ APRIL 24 1933

[MONUMENT ORIGINALLY ERECTED IN 1933 IN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY ON GALLATIN ROAD ACROSS FROM DONELSON HOME "EDENWOLD" (NEAR PRESENT CORNER OF GALLATIN ROAD AND TWO MILE PARKWAY) MOVED IN 1948 TO HERMITAGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BY THE RACHEL STOCKLEY DONELSON CHAPTER DAR, ORIGINAL CEMETERY NO LONGER EXISTS]

Name

Name: Rachel /Stockley/^[1][2][3]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1715

Place: Accomack, Virginia^[4][5][6]

Marriage

Husband: John Donelson

Wife: Rachael Stockley

Child: Alexander Donelson

Child: Catherine Donelson

Child: Jane Donelson

Child: John Donelson

Child: Mary Donelson

Child: William Donelson

Child: Stockley Donelson

Child: Leven Donelson

Child: Rachel Donelson

Child: Samuel Donelson

Child: Severn Donelson

Marriage:

Place: Pittsylvania County, Virginia^[7][8]

Death

Death:

Date: 1794

Place: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA^[9][10][11]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Hermitage, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA^[12][13][14]

Notes

Note N160[2079173.ged]

"Dawn Of Tennessee Valley And Tennessee History:" page 359: notes: John Donelson married Rachael Stockley of Accomac county...From Sharon McPherson, The Hermitage, 4580 Rachel's Lane, Hermitage, Tennessee 37076-1331. "History: Donelson, Tennessee, Its History and Landmarks," by Leona Taylor Aiken: Page 310: Rachel Stockly Donelson.

• The ancestral line of Rachel Stockly in America began with John Stockly, gentleman, (who) resided in the Colony of Virginia, from 1637 until his death in 1673. His plantation was at Assawoman, Accomack County, Virginia, in which county he received patents for some 3,600 acres of land. He was a Burgess for the county in 1672, his activities extending over a period from 1640 until his death.
• He was the great-grantdfather of Rachel Stockly who married Colonel John Donelson II. Her Parents were Alexander and Jane Mathews Stockly. (note Burke, Emily Donelson, Book I, p. 3 and Chapter I, note 11, Book II p. 163, & W. W. Clayton, History of Davidson County, 1880, pg. 137)
• The name Stockly is spelled several different ways. The family considers Stockley to be correct. Mrs. Pauline Wilcox Burke in "Emily Donelson Of Tennessee" sticks to the Stockly spelling. In her notes she also states that "The name Donelson is seen in the records as Donelson, Donnelson, Donaldson, Donalson, Donnoldson, Donnaldson.
• Colonel John Donelson was very particular as to the spelling of his name and had his silver marked: J D. Their children were: Alexander who never married; Mary who married Captain John Caffry of Louisiana; Catherine married Colonel Thomas Hutchings; Stockly married Mrs. Elizabeth Martin and had no children; Jane married Colonel Robert Hays and left a large family; John married Mary Purnell of Snow Hill, Maryland; William married Charity Dickerson and had a large family; Samuel married Mary "Polly" Smith and had John, Andrew Jackson Donelson and General Daniel S. Donelson; Severn married Elizabeth Rucker and had sons, A. J., Thomas, John, Samuel and Alexander; Rachel married first, Robards, and second, General Andrew Jackson; Leven Donelson never married. ["History: Donelson, Tennessee, Its History and Landmarks," By Leona Taylor Aiken, Page 324]
• The family was moved from the Bettie (Mrs. W. A.) Donelson Farm at Hermitage, Tennessee (SW of Cleveland Hall) on November 1948 to final interment at Hermitage Church Family Cemetery;

• Mrs. Phila Ann Consort of Captain Stockley Donelson and daughter of Doctor William P. Lawrence, born the 16th July 1809, died 28th February 1851;
• Emily Donelson consort of A. J. Donelson, born June 1807, died 19th December 1836;
• Ann Handy Martin, born October 30, 1834, died February 1837;
• Catherine Martin, born July 13, 1799, died April 16, 1836 (two in one grave);
• Mrs. Mary consort Captain John Donelson, born May 18, 1763, died November 16, 1848;
• Captain John Donelson, born Acomac City, Virginia. April 7, 1755, died 21st April 1830;
• Elizabeth consort of William died October 1841 age 31;
• Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson, born May 20, 1772, died April 18, 1847;
• Two illegible;
• William Eastin 1784-1829;
• Susanna Eastin 1812-1823;
• Tabitha Smith Eastin 1824-1816;
• Rachel Jackson Martin, born November 2, 1827, died Jan. 8, 1848;
• Lewis Jackson Randolph son of Lewis and E. A. Randolph, born March 10, 1836, died June 3, 1841;
• Jane JRD;
• Rachel consort of William Donelson, born April 8, 1803, died Sept. 16, 1824;
• Elizabeth consort of Severn, born June 8, 1781, died March 31, 1898;
• Severn consort of Elizabeth, born August ___, died October 1818;
• Set apart is a new granite headstone: Memory of Rachel Stockley Donelson, born Virginia 1715-died 1794; and Jane Donelson, born Virginia 1718, killed by Indians in Kentucky 1785.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6639117
• Source: S-474244673 Repository: #R-998400884 Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,60525::0
• Source: S-464835862 Repository: #R-998400884 Title: Web: BillionGraves.com Burial Index Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,70734::0
• Repository: R-998400884 Name: Ancestry.com
• Source: S-467169148 Repository: #R-998400884 Title: Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1777-2012 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,70636::0
• Source: S1 Title: 2079173.ged: Note Source Medium: Other

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2. ↑ Source: #S-474244673 APID: 1,60525::2477455
3. ↑ Source: #S-464835862 APID: 1,70734::505310
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5. ↑ Source: #S-474244673 APID: 1,60525::2477455
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7. ↑ Source: #S1 Data: Text: Date of Import: Jun 3, 2003
8. ↑ Source: #S1 Data: Text: Date of Import: Jun 3, 2003
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13. ↑ Source: #S-474244673 APID: 1,60525::2477455
14. ↑ Source: #S-464835862 APID: 1,70734::505310

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Stockley-209 was created by Pam Ellis through the import of Donaldson _ Phipps Family Tree.ged on May 7, 2015.